Switched on ICT on iPads

If you are using iPads in the classroom there is now a great little matching chart of applications that you can use with the Switched on ICT units. This can be seen below:

We have also two units created for the iPad for Key Stage 2 these explore digital storytelling and mapping the local community. More information can be found here.

There is also further support in using iPads in the classroom via the new Rising Stars Essential CPD resource - you can sign up for this free resource here

There are some great teachers already linking iPads with the Switched on Ict units, one of these is Anthony Evans aka @skinnyboyevans he posted about using the iPads as part of the Unit We are time travellers - animating history - his blog post can be seen below:

"Just the other day, myself and my brilliant colleague in Year 2 came up with a fantastic project idea. We knew we wanted to do some animation to link with their Switched on ICT unit: Animating History and we knew we wanted to stretch both the children and ourselves.

Jo’s idea was to create an animation around the people leaving the scene of the fire by boat. This can be seen in paintings such as the one below:

We recreated that scene using some foil for the Thames, fairy lights for fire and various bits of Lego to signify the escaping hoards, their boats and floating debris in the river. The children made boats and little cardboard sets and backdrops, though some boats needed scaling down a bit they were very impressive! When everything was built the class had a short intro to the app and animation processes and off they went. The app we used was iStopMotion, which due to its onion skinning tool and simplicity of operation worked fantastically. The only thing that I would change next time, would be to look at some cheap mounting for the iPads or iPod touches in order to achieve a more fluid series of shots.

Here is my “one I prepared earlier” example that I used to give the children some idea of where we were heading."